In addition....

I decided to catch up on some of the yard work that has been taunting me since fall and although I thought I was going to do all the work alone, I found myself assisted by two feathered friends...


I can't say I minded because Buffy (pictured above) is great at both tilling and fertilizing my garden beds. On the other hand, Buffy's offspring (cleverly named Baby) hasn't quite gotten down all the skills her mother possesses. She's not that great at finding bugs in the dirt and gets confused when I offer worms to her. I just tell myself she still has time...


Sufficed to say, they proved to be both entertaining and invaluable while I was cleaning up the back yard.

Now! I finished one yarn and am excited to say I'm going to practice my skillz with two new colorways.

Finished:

This Image doesn't do the yarn justice. The colors I plied the blue with are much more noticeable in person...

New colorways:

Eggplant and moss green


Orange and gold

The orange and gold brings to mind shag carpets.... No matter! The final product will be beautiful!

Alright, so I haven't updated in quite some time, but I definitely haven't forgotten about this blog. I have decided to mostly focus on my gardening/food production (from seed to meal) and fiber arts projects (spinning, awesome fibers, and lace as well as "regular" knitting projects). From time to time, I'm sure I'll provide pictures of my three adorable, pint-sized cats and chickens!

Right now I've only completed two projects:

A 2-ply pink/black skein made with alpaca and wool (which I only plied)....

...and a 2-ply undyed wool yarn.

While my fiber production has been a bit slow, I've been moving right along with my knitting projects. Soon I will post pictures of a scarf as well as a lace piece I'm working on. Also! We'll be getting two new chicks, so I'll have to put up pictures of the fuzzy lil' babies.... :)